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YouTube may well be one of the best business decisions Google has ever made. The video sharing site actually was created by a trio of PayPal workers in 2005. In late 2006, Google picked it up for a mere $1.65 billion. That's maybe not quite as much money by today's standards, but at the time it was a huge deal. But it paid off.
Consider: According to Google, more than 1 billion unique visitors use YouTube every month. Some 100 hours of video are uploaded to Youtube every minute of the day. It pumps out hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue for its partners. And YouTube means anyone can become a publisher. Anyone can share their world in video, almost instantaneously. You can upload directly from a phone, if you'd like. And with the advent of Google+ and Google Hangouts, you can now use the power of YouTube to communicate your message live, in real-time. It's a free, portable broadcasting studio. It's used by dignitaries. Mothers. Fathers. Families. Students. And more than 6 billion hours of video are watched on YouTube each month.
Not bad for a decade's worth of work, eh?
And, yes. YouTube is home to many a cat video. Because what's the Internet without cats?
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Users of the Google+ social network soon won't need to use it in order to access other Google services. The company has revealed plans to slowly reduce the requirement for Google+ accounts for services such as uploading videos to YouTube and more.

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Users of the Google+ social network soon won't need to use it in order to access other Google services. The company has revealed plans to slowly reduce the requirement for Google+ accounts for services such as uploading videos to YouTube and more.

The YouTube app picked up an update today that breaks the interface down into three tabs — Home, Subscriptions and Account — making it easier to discover new content. From the Home tab, you will be able to see your recommendations as well as customized playlists based on your watch history. Subscriptions is where you can view all the latest videos from the channels you're subscribed to, with the Accounts tab giving you access to your watch history, uploads, purchases and playlists.

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The YouTube app picked up an update today that breaks the interface down into three tabs — Home, Subscriptions and Account — making it easier to discover new content. From the Home tab, you will be able to see your recommendations as well as customized playlists based on your watch history. Subscriptions is where you can view all the latest videos from the channels you're subscribed to, with the Accounts tab giving you access to your watch history, uploads, purchases and playlists.

Speaking on Google's Q2 2015 earnings call (broadcast on YouTube, as you'd expect), new CFO Ruth Porat dropped some new numbers about how YouTube is growing. Total watch time on YouTube is up 60 percent from this time last year, the strongest growth rate Google has seen in two years. Most interestingly, mobile watch time has also doubled in the last year — CBO Omid Kordestani added that the average viewing session is over 40 minutes long on mobile.

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Speaking on Google's Q2 2015 earnings call (broadcast on YouTube, as you'd expect), new CFO Ruth Porat dropped some new numbers about how YouTube is growing. Total watch time on YouTube is up 60 percent from this time last year, the strongest growth rate Google has seen in two years. Most interestingly, mobile watch time has also doubled in the last year — CBO Omid Kordestani added that the average viewing session is over 40 minutes long on mobile.

Google previously added support for YouTube videos to play at 60fps on the desktop site, and later added that same frame rate for live streaming videos. Now the official YouTube Android app can handle 60fps playback, if the video already supports that high of a frame rate, and the mobile device is capable of handing it.

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Google previously added support for YouTube videos to play at 60fps on the desktop site, and later added that same frame rate for live streaming videos. Now the official YouTube Android app can handle 60fps playback, if the video already supports that high of a frame rate, and the mobile device is capable of handing it.

YouTube is rolling out three new initiatives, all aimed at bringing viewers the most relevant content to the breaking news topics they are looking for.

When breaking news happens, there is often tons of user footage that gets uploaded to the Internet and YouTube. Realizing that this trend is growing, with more than 5 million hours of news video watched daily on YouTube, the company is rolling out some new initiatives to "support the discovery and verification of eyewitness news."

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YouTube is rolling out three new initiatives, all aimed at bringing viewers the most relevant content to the breaking news topics they are looking for.

When breaking news happens, there is often tons of user footage that gets uploaded to the Internet and YouTube. Realizing that this trend is growing, with more than 5 million hours of news video watched daily on YouTube, the company is rolling out some new initiatives to "support the discovery and verification of eyewitness news."

]]>Thu, 18 Jun 2015 17:32:34 +0000Jared DiPane47206 at http://www.androidcentral.comhttp://www.androidcentral.com/youtube-will-verify-video-breaking-events-and-make-content-discovery-easier-newswire#commentsYouTube Gaming is set to duke it out with Twitch with live game streaming and morehttp://www.androidcentral.com/youtube-gaming-set-duke-it-out-twitch-live-game-streaming-and-more

It looks like YouTube is set to take on Twitch with a big push into gaming content.

Announced via Twitter today, YouTube Gaming represents a big push by Google into the live game streaming space, currently dominated by Twitch. The service has been rumored to be in the works for a while, but it's now official with a dedicated web portal and apps on both Android and iOS.

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It looks like YouTube is set to take on Twitch with a big push into gaming content.

Announced via Twitter today, YouTube Gaming represents a big push by Google into the live game streaming space, currently dominated by Twitch. The service has been rumored to be in the works for a while, but it's now official with a dedicated web portal and apps on both Android and iOS.

Google is launching a new platform for creators to make immersive 3D imagery.

While Google Cardboard seemed a bit like a joke a year ago, it's clear that Google isn't slowing down in its VR efforts. Alongside the announcement of a new version of Cardboard, Google is also announcing a new VR content capture system called Jump.

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Google is launching a new platform for creators to make immersive 3D imagery.

While Google Cardboard seemed a bit like a joke a year ago, it's clear that Google isn't slowing down in its VR efforts. Alongside the announcement of a new version of Cardboard, Google is also announcing a new VR content capture system called Jump.

YouTube now supports 60 frames per second live streams, along with HTML5 playback in supported browsers.

A short while back Google added 60fps playback to YouTube, and now the company is bringing that feature to live streaming as well. This feature is now available on compatible HTML5 browsers, and allows for "silky smooth playback for gaming and other fast-action videos."

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YouTube now supports 60 frames per second live streams, along with HTML5 playback in supported browsers.

A short while back Google added 60fps playback to YouTube, and now the company is bringing that feature to live streaming as well. This feature is now available on compatible HTML5 browsers, and allows for "silky smooth playback for gaming and other fast-action videos."

]]>Thu, 21 May 2015 16:19:47 +0000Jared DiPane46604 at http://www.androidcentral.comhttp://www.androidcentral.com/google-brings-60fps-live-streaming-and-html5-playback-youtube#commentsGoogle and Nestlé team up again for limited edition 'YouTube Break' KitKat barshttp://www.androidcentral.com/google-and-nestl-team-again-limited-edition-youtube-break-kitkat-bars

Google and Nestlé have teamed up again for a branding campaign that will replace the logo on KitKat wrappers in the UK with "YouTube Break."

Extending their partnership beyond the candy-themed name of Android 4.4. KitKat, Google and Nestlé have teamed up for a campaign the will substitute the iconic KitKat logo on 600,000 limited edition wrappers with "YouTube Break" branding in the UK to celebrate 80 years of KitKat and 10 years of YouTube.

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Google and Nestlé have teamed up again for a branding campaign that will replace the logo on KitKat wrappers in the UK with "YouTube Break."

Extending their partnership beyond the candy-themed name of Android 4.4. KitKat, Google and Nestlé have teamed up for a campaign the will substitute the iconic KitKat logo on 600,000 limited edition wrappers with "YouTube Break" branding in the UK to celebrate 80 years of KitKat and 10 years of YouTube.

YouTube has announced some new partnerships with top content creators to help bring more original series to their network.

Thanks to a new partnerships, YouTube will be delivering even more original content from their top creators. YouTube has partnered with four of their top content producers to bring new series to life, and they will also be collaborating with AwesomenessTV.

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YouTube has announced some new partnerships with top content creators to help bring more original series to their network.

Thanks to a new partnerships, YouTube will be delivering even more original content from their top creators. YouTube has partnered with four of their top content producers to bring new series to life, and they will also be collaborating with AwesomenessTV.

In a recent update to a support document, Google announced that the YouTube app on devices running older versions of Google TV will no longer be supported "after April."

Specifically, the YouTube app will stop working on devices running versions 1 or 2 of Google TV, as well as older smart TVs and Blu-Ray players. While support for the app will be dropped as of the end of April, Google says that it will begin shutting down older versions starting today, April 20.

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In a recent update to a support document, Google announced that the YouTube app on devices running older versions of Google TV will no longer be supported "after April."

Specifically, the YouTube app will stop working on devices running versions 1 or 2 of Google TV, as well as older smart TVs and Blu-Ray players. While support for the app will be dropped as of the end of April, Google says that it will begin shutting down older versions starting today, April 20.

It's that time of year again, folks! Coachella started earlier today, and, just like the last several years, you can stream the music festival in all of its glory on YouTube for the rest of the weekend.

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It's that time of year again, folks! Coachella started earlier today, and, just like the last several years, you can stream the music festival in all of its glory on YouTube for the rest of the weekend.

Google is planning to roll out a monthly subscription service for YouTube, according to an email sent out to partners today.

The subscription service would provide an ad-free version of YouTube for a monthly fee, part of which would be shared with partners as another source of revenue.

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Google is planning to roll out a monthly subscription service for YouTube, according to an email sent out to partners today.

The subscription service would provide an ad-free version of YouTube for a monthly fee, part of which would be shared with partners as another source of revenue.

]]>Wed, 08 Apr 2015 21:24:46 +0000Dan Thorp-Lancaster45720 at http://www.androidcentral.comhttp://www.androidcentral.com/youtube-outs-upcoming-subscription-plans-email-content-creators#commentsYouTube to reportedly take on Twitch with game streaming push later this yearhttp://www.androidcentral.com/youtube-will-reportedly-take-twitch-game-streaming-push-later-year

Google is reportedly planning a reinvigorated push for its live streaming platform that will go live later this year and focus on game streaming and esports.

Called YouTube Live, the service would go up against popular streaming service Twitch, which has already amassed the lion's share of the game streaming market.

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Google is reportedly planning a reinvigorated push for its live streaming platform that will go live later this year and focus on game streaming and esports.

Called YouTube Live, the service would go up against popular streaming service Twitch, which has already amassed the lion's share of the game streaming market.

Google has announced that it will slowly begin replacing annotations in YouTube videos with a new Cards format, which is designed to work on both desktop and mobile platforms.

Google said they heard from YouTube video creators they wanted more flexibility with the information shown during annotations, along with mobile support. The new Cards are the company's solution to those issues.

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Google has announced that it will slowly begin replacing annotations in YouTube videos with a new Cards format, which is designed to work on both desktop and mobile platforms.

Google said they heard from YouTube video creators they wanted more flexibility with the information shown during annotations, along with mobile support. The new Cards are the company's solution to those issues.

According to a new report today, Google is looking at implementing a new ad targeting-system for YouTube. The new system would seek to make YouTube more profitable after years of struggling to generate significant revenues.

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According to a new report today, Google is looking at implementing a new ad targeting-system for YouTube. The new system would seek to make YouTube more profitable after years of struggling to generate significant revenues.

YouTube (and the internet in general) can be quite the daunting place for parents to have their kids roaming free on. Google has released a new YouTube app, specifically developed for younger audiences. It's a new portal for parents to have their children learn about various topics and discover exciting resources.

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YouTube (and the internet in general) can be quite the daunting place for parents to have their kids roaming free on. Google has released a new YouTube app, specifically developed for younger audiences. It's a new portal for parents to have their children learn about various topics and discover exciting resources.